A total of 163 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from hospitals Thursday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health Commission.
Altogether 76,571 patients had been discharged from hospitals after recovery by the end of Thursday, the commission said in its daily report Friday.
As of Thursday, a total of 81,620 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 had been reported on the mainland, and 3,322 people had died of the disease.
